A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information.
Our website www.elginwhite.com uses “cookies”. Some of these are essential or functional, while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. Some “cookies” and similar technologies, particularly those that track browsing behavior across the web are perceived by data protection regulators as privacy-intrusive.
We are, therefore, presenting the below information to elginwhite.com visitors in order to explain why and how we use this technology.
“Cookies” work with the help of certain online identifiers and typically involve the processing of the following information that is considered personal data:
For the purposes of data protection law, we use the following justifications to process your online identifiers derived from “cookies”:
The following “cookies” are automatically downloaded on any device used to access elginwhite.com.
| Name | Provider | Expire | Purpose |
| __cfruid | HubSpot | End of session | This cookie is set by HubSpot’s CDN provider because of their rate limiting policies. It expires at the end of the session. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies. |
| __cf_bm | HubSpot | 30 minutes | This cookie is set by HubSpot’s CDN provider and is a necessary cookie for bot protection. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies. |
| __hstc | HubSpot | 6 months | The main cookie for tracking visitors. It contains the domain, hubspotutk, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session). |
| hubspotutk | HubSpot | 6 months | This cookie keeps track of a visitor’s identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. It contains an opaque GUID to represent the current visitor. |
| __hssc | HubSpot | 30 minutes | This cookie keeps track of sessions. This is used to determine if HubSpot should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. It contains the domain, viewCount (increments each pageView in a session), and session start timestamp. |
| __hssrc | HubSpot | End of session | Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. If this cookie does not exist when HubSpot manages cookies, it is considered a new session. It contains the value “1” when present. |
| _ga | Google Analytics | 2 years | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| _ga_# | Google Analytics | 2 years | Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. |
| _gat | Google Analytics | 1 day | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate |
| _gid | Google Analytics | 1 day | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| _hjSessionUser_{site_id} | Hotjar | 1 year | Collects statistics on the visitor’s visits to the website |
| _hjFirstSeen | Hotjar | 30 minutes | Identifies a new user’s first session. Used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions. |
| _hjHasCachedUserAttributes | Hotjar | End of session | Enables us to know whether the data set in _hjUserAttributes Local Storage item is up to date or not. |
| _hjUserAttributesHash | Hotjar | 2 minutes | Enables us to know when any User Attribute has changed and needs to be updated. |
| _hjUserAttributes | Hotjar | Local storage | Stores User Attributes sent through the Hotjar Identify API. No explicit expiration. |
| _hjSession_{site_id} | Hotjar | 30 minutes | Holds current session data. Ensures subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same session. |
| _hjSessionTooLarge | Hotjar | 1 hour | Causes Hotjar to stop collecting data if a session becomes too large. Determined automatically by a signal from the server if the session size exceeds the limit. |
| _hjSessionResumed | Hotjar | End of session | Set when a session/recording is reconnected to Hotjar servers after a break in connection. |
| _hjCookieTest | Hotjar | End of session | Checks to see if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use cookies. If it can, a value of 1 is set. Deleted almost immediately after it is created. |
| _hjLocalStorageTest | Hotjar | Under 100ms | Checks if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use Local Storage. If it can, a value of 1 is set. Data stored in _hjLocalStorageTest has no expiration time, but it is deleted almost immediately after it is created. |
| _hjSessionStorageTest | Hotjar | Under 100ms | Checks if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use Session Storage. If it can, a value of 1 is set. Data stored in _hjSessionStorageTest has no expiration time, but it is deleted almost immediately after it is created. |
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | Hotjar | 2 minutes | Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by your site’s pageview limit. |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample_{site_id} | Hotjar | 2 minutes duration, extended every 30 seconds. | Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by your site’s daily session limit. |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | Hotjar | 30 minutes | Used to detect the first pageview session of a user. |
| _hjTLDTest | Hotjar | End of session | We try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. Enables us to try to determine the most generic cookie path to use, instead of page hostname. It means that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). After this check, the cookie is removed. |
| _hjRecordingEnabled | Hotjar | End of session | Collects data on the user’s navigation and behavior on the website. This is used to compile statistical reports and heatmaps for the website owner. |
| _hjRecordingLastActivity | Hotjar | End of session | Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behavior for statistical purposes. |
| hjActiveViewportIds | Hotjar | Persistent | This cookie contains an ID string on the current session. This contains non-personal information on what subpages the visitor enters – this information is used to optimize the visitor’s experience. |
| hjViewportId | Hotjar | End of session | Saves the user’s screen size in order to adjust the size of images on the website. |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | 30 days | Used in connection with data-synchronization with third-party analysis service. | |
| bcookie | 1 year | Used by the social networking service. | |
| li_gc | 180 days | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain | |
| li_sugr | 3 months | Collects data on user behavior and interaction in order to optimize the website and make marketing more relevant. | |
| lidc | 1 day | Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience. | |
| UserMatchHistory | 30 days | Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor. | |
| ln_or | 1 day | Registers statistical data on users’ behavior on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. |
Please exercise your choice with respect to accepting or rejecting “cookies” via the pop-up on elginwhite.com.
In addition to the controls provided on elginwhite.com via the pop-up, you can choose to block “cookies” by activating the settings on your browser that allow you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all “cookies” (including essential “cookies”) you may not be able to access parts of elginwhite.com. Your browser settings also allow you to delete all “cookies” stored on your device whenever you wish.
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office provides the following guidance on controlling “cookies”
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If you have any questions about the “cookies” or similar technologies in use on elginwhite.com, please contact us at privacy@elginwhite.com
Last update: 30 September, 2023
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Based in Los Angeles, California, Jeremy founded InvestTech Systems Consulting LLC in 1990. As President and Director the Enterprise Data Management and Architecture Practice for more than 25 years he managed over 50 large investment technology, strategy, and implementation projects for many of the largest global investment management firms. Following the acquisition of his firm by Accenture in 2017, Jeremy remained as Managing Director, Asset Management Lead.
Jeremy joined Elgin White in 2022 to lead the firm’s launch into North America. He is recognized throughout the North America asset management community as a thought leader and innovation architect in the design of enterprise data, analytics, and reporting platforms. His deep knowledge, broad buy-side network, and extensive experience deploying business-outcome-focused technology solutions successfully has accelerated the growth of Elgin White in North America.
Stan joined Elgin White in 2020 following an impressive 30-year career working predominantly for world-class buy-side financial services firms in North America and Europe. He is a renowned buy-side technology leader with a reputation for designing and delivering large-scale transformation initiatives at scale and pace. Currently, Stan is especially active leading infrastructure (cloud and managed services) transformation projects.
His most recent roles prior to Elgin White include Chief Information Officer (EMEA) at State Street and various senior positions during his eight-year tenure at Northern Trust Corporation, including Head of IT & EMEA/Global Director of Fund Administration Technology, Global Director of Asset Management Technology, and Director of Trade Execution Technologies. Stan has also held senior Operational and Technology roles at Nuveen Investments and BNY Mellon.
Throughout his career Stan has been a strategic client or partner of every major front-to-back office technology vendor including SimCorp and Charles River Development.
Erik founded Elgin White’s consultancy practice in 2019, which transitioned the firm into a full-service buy-side consultancy and resourcing business. He is an experienced front-to-back business transformation professional and has held several senior management positions during his more than 30-year career in the UK and his native Netherlands, as well as Asia Pacific.
Previous roles include Head of Professional Services at SimCorp, Director at PwC UK, and Managing Director for Wealth & Asset Management Services at Accenture UK & Ireland.
